GPS 400 Pilot’s Guide and Reference
190-00140-60 Rev. H
10-25
SECTION 10
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
The pilot may use the ‘NEXRAD Off?’ and ‘NEXRAD
On?’ fields in the Page Menu (Figure 10-36) to turn off the
display of NEXRAD data from the Map Page.
Figure 10-36 Map Page Options Menu
NOTe: if the GPS 400 is configured for Weather
Data Link interface with a GDL 49 or GDL 69,
pressing the
CLR
Key while viewing the
Map Page reduces the NeXraD density one
incremental step. all NeXraD data is removed
if the
CLR
Key is pressed while density is set to
low.
Request Shortcuts
The pilot can quickly select the NEXRAD, METAR, or
Textual METAR Page for a specific airport from the Airport
Location Page.
Three methods of selecting the Airport Location Page:
• Use the small and large
right
knobs to select the
Airport Location Page from the WPT Group of
pages.
• On the Map Page, move the target pointer to
highlight an on-screen airport. Press the
ENT
Key.
• On any page that displays an airport identifier,
use the cursor and highlight the desired airport
identifier. Press the
ENT
Key.
Once the Airport Location Page is displayed, enter the
identifier for the desired airport. Press the
MENU
Key. The
options menu appears (Figure 10-37) listing the following
three options:
• Request NEXRAD?
• Request METAR?
• View Text METAR? (if available)
Figure 10-37 Airport Location Page Options Menu
Highlight the desired option and press the
ENT
Key.
‘Request NEXRAD?’ and ‘Request METAR?’ options select
the NEXRAD and METAR Request Pages, respectively.
‘View Text METAR?’ selects the Textual METAR Page for
the desired airport, if textual METAR is available for that
airport.